An important issue in engineering education is the availability of
laboratory resources for student use.  Using a computer network to link
geographically distant students with laboratory teaching resources
makes expensive and innovative equipment available to more students.
At Oregon State University, we provide a working environment where
remotely-located students can develop and run controllers on
experiments in our control engineering laboratory.  Remote users can
watch the experiment in real time from a remote workstation, hear the
sounds in the laboratory, and interact with other laboratory users.
Remote power control, network reliability, and safety features are
integrated into our experimental hardware and software design.